List of UK top-ten albums in 1964
# List of UK top-ten albums in 1964

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1964, as well as albums which peaked in 1963 and 1965 but were in the top 10 in 1964. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was by The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones. Overall, four different albums peaked at number one in 1964, with The Beatles (3) having the most albums hit that position.

## Top-ten albums

### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| - | - |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1958, 1962 or 1963 but still in chart in 1964. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1964 but peaked in 1965. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 1958 |||||||
| 3 May 1958 | 276 | South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 8 November 1958 | 115 |
| Albums in 1962 |||||||
| 24 March 1962 | 153 | West Side Story: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 23 June 1962 | 13 |
| Albums in 1963 |||||||
| 6 April 1963 | 62 | Please Please Me ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 11 May 1963 | 30 |
| 22 June 1963 | 40 | The Shadows' Greatest Hits ‡ | The Shadows | 2 | 13 July 1963 | 8 |
| 17 August 1963 | 36 | Meet The Searchers ‡ | The Searchers | 2 | 7 September 1963 | 9 |
| 14 September 1963 | 17 | Kenny Ball's Golden Hits ‡ | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | 4 | 28 September 1963 | 2 |
| 28 September 1963 | 27 | Born Free ‡ | Frank Ifield | 3 | 19 October 1963 | 3 |
| 26 October 1963 | 27 | How Do You Like It? ‡ | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 2 | 16 November 1963 | 2 |
| 16 November 1963 | 21 | Freddie and the Dreamers | Freddie and the Dreamers | 4 | 11 January 1964 | 2 |
| 16 November 1963 | 4 | Trini Lopez at PJ's ‡ | Trini Lopez | 7 | 7 December 1963 | 1 |
| 23 November 1963 | 7 | Sugar and Spice ‡ | The Searchers | 5 | 7 December 1963 | 1 |
| 30 November 1963 | 44 | With the Beatles ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 7 December 1963 | 21 |
| 7 December 1963 | 20 | In Dreams ‡ | Roy Orbison | 6 | 21 December 1963 | 2 |
| 28 December 1963 | 4 | On Tour with the George Mitchell Minstrels | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 6 | 11 January 1964 | 1 |
| Albums in 1964 |||||||
| 4 January 1964 | 1 | More Chuck Berry | Chuck Berry | 9 | 4 January 1964 | 1 |
| 1 February 1964 | 5 | Fun in Acapulco | Elvis Presley | 9 | 1 February 1964 | 2 |
| 29 February 1964 | 18 | Stay with The Hollies | The Hollies | 2 | 25 April 1964 | 1 |
| 11 April 1964 | 8 | Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 | Elvis Presley | 6 | 18 April 1964 | 2 |
| 18 April 1964 | 6 | Blue Gene | Gene Pitney | 7 | 9 May 1964 | 1 |
| 18 April 1964 | 1 | Blue Skies | Frank Ifield | 10 | 18 April 1964 | 1 |
| 25 April 1964 | 42 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 2 May 1964 | 12 |
| 25 April 1964 | 11 | A Session with The Dave Clark Five | The Dave Clark Five | 3 | 23 May 1964 | 1 |
| 2 May 1964 | 10 | A Girl Called Dusty | Dusty Springfield | 6 | 23 May 1964 | 2 |
| 16 May 1964 | 15 | Dance with The Shadows | The Shadows | 2 | 13 June 1964 | 2 |
| 30 May 1964 | 5 | The Latest and the Greatest | Chuck Berry | 8 | 13 June 1964 | 1 |
| 6 June 1964 | 11 | It's The Searchers | The Searchers | 4 | 20 June 1964 | 2 |
| 20 June 1964 | 9 | Showcase | Buddy Holly | 3 | 27 June 1964 | 1 |
| 4 July 1964 | 40 | The Bachelors and 16 Great Songs | The Bachelors | 2 | 26 December 1964 | 4 |
| 4 July 1964 | 16 | Kissin' Cousins | Elvis Presley | 5 | 8 August 1964 | 1 |
| 18 July 1964 | 19 | Wonderful Life | Cliff Richard with The Shadows | 2 | 18 July 1964 | 1 |
| 18 July 1964 | 32 | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | 1 | 25 July 1964 | 21 |
| 22 August 1964 | 14 | Gentleman Jim | Jim Reeves | 3 | 12 September 1964 | 1 |
| 29 August 1964 | 3 | A Touch of Velvet | Jim Reeves | 8 | 5 September 1964 | 1 |
| 12 September 1964 | 16 | Moonlight and Roses | Jim Reeves | 2 | 26 September 1964 | 3 |
| 19 September 1964 | 13 | The Five Faces of Manfred Mann | Manfred Mann | 3 | 3 October 1964 | 2 |
| 3 October 1964 | 1 | God Be With You | Jim Reeves | 10 | 3 October 1964 | 1 |
| 10 October 1964 | 1 | Camelot (Original Broadway Cast) | Original Broadway Cast of Camelot | 10 | 10 October 1964 | 1 |
| 17 October 1964 | 22 | Kinks | The Kinks | 3 | 5 December 1964 | 2 |
| 24 October 1964 | 1 | Good 'N' Country | Jim Reeves | 10 | 24 October 1964 | 1 |
| 21 November 1964 | 13 | The Animals | The Animals | 6 | 5 December 1964 | 2 |
| 5 December 1964 | 5 | Twelve Songs of Christmas | Jim Reeves | 4 | 26 December 1964 | 2 |
| 12 December 1964 | 37 | Beatles for Sale | The Beatles | 1 | 19 December 1964 | 11 |
| 12 December 1964 | 10 | Oh, Pretty Woman ♦ | Roy Orbison | 5 | 9 January 1965 | 1 |
| 19 December 1964 | 1 | Greatest Hits | Frank Ifield | 9 | 19 December 1964 | 1 |
| 19 December 1964 | 20 | The Lucky 13 Shades of Val Doonican ♦ | Val Doonican | 2 | 23 January 1965 | 1 |
| 26 December 1964 | 3 | Spotlight on The George Mitchell Minstrels | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 6 | 26 December 1964 | 2 |
